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Author:
Kaplan, Laura, author.
Title:
The story of Jane : the legendary underground feminist abortion service / Laura Kaplan.
Edition:
First Vintage Books Edition.
Publisher:
Vintage BooksA division of Penguin Random House LLC,
Copyright Date:
2022
Description:
xxviii, 318 pages ; 21 cm
Subject:
Jane (Abortion service)
Jane (Abortion service)
Abortion services--Chicago.--Chicago.
Abortion--United States--History.
Abortion--Law and legislation.
Abortion services.
Reproductive rights.
Women--Health and hygiene.
Women's health services.
Women's rights.
Illinois--Chicago.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
Originally published: New York : Pantheon Books, c1995. Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-306) and index.
Summary:
In the four years before the Supreme Court's 1973 Roe versus Wade decision, women seeking abortions had to subject themselves to illegal, unregulated abortionists. This study reveals the presence of a secret organization, code-named Jane, which provided an alternative. Here the women tell their own stories.
ISBN:
0593471083
9780593471081
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1333619804
LCCN:
2022300725
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

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